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Dairy Tempera- 

 ment, 



Constitution, 

 38. 



Milking Marks 



denoting 

 Quantity of flow, 

 10. 



Udder Formation, 

 26. 



Indicating 

 Color of Milk, 



15. 

 Milking Marks 



denoting 

 Quality of Flow, 

 6. 



Symmetry and size. 

 5. 



FOR Cows. 



Clean cut, lean face; strong sinewy jaw; wide 

 muzzle with wide open nostrils; full, bright eye 

 with quiet and gentle expression; forehead 

 long and broad 5 



Long thin neck with strong juncture to head; 

 clean throat. Back bone rising well between 

 shoulder blades; large rugged spinal processes, 

 indicating good development of the spinal 

 cord 5 



Pelvis arching and wide; rump long; wide, strong 

 structure of spine at setting on of tail. Long 

 thin tail with good switch. Thin incurving 

 thighs 5 



Ribs amply and fully sprung and wide apart, giv- 

 ing an open, relaxed conformation; thin arching 

 flank .5 



Abdomen large and deep, with strong muscular 

 and navel development, indicative of capacity 

 and vitality 15 



Hide firm yet loose, with an oily feeling and tex- 

 ture, but not thick 3 



Escutcheon wide on thighs; high and broad with 

 thigh ovals 2 



Milk veins long, crooked, branching and prom- 

 inent, with large or deep wells 8 



Udder full in front g 



Udder full and well up behind 8 



Udder of large size and capacity 4 



Teats well apart, squarely placed, and of good and 

 even size 6 



Skin deep yellow in ear, on end of bone of tail, at 

 base of horns, on udder, teats and body gener- 

 erally. Hoof, amber colored 15 



Udder showing plenty of substance but not too 

 meaty 



6 



Color of Hair a shade of fawn, with white mark- 

 ings. Cream colored nose. Horns amber 

 colored, small, curved and not coarse 3 



Size for the breed: Mature cows, four years old 

 or over, about 1050 Ibs 2 



Perfection. 100 



